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VECTRA SRI 02 model any good ??
« on: 18 February 2011, 16:44:50 »
Well at last the wife has got her way and i have decided to change the good old ford puma. just bought a vectra sri 150 on an 02 plate fsh 2 owners 67k on the clock, having never had one whats the general idea, ????? :-?
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Re: VECTRA SRI 02 model any good ??
« Reply #1 on: 18 February 2011, 17:00:26 »
Vectra-B or Vectra-C

If the latter, fortunately yours isn't that powerful, as the chassis is appalling - a colleague has a 3.2 GSi, OK in a straight line (if you can get the power down), but really cannot do corners...
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Re: VECTRA SRI 02 model any good ??
« Reply #2 on: 18 February 2011, 18:25:08 »
Owned a 2001 Vectra B SRI 150 until last November.

TBH, it's a bad car. Quite quick, but you never feel like extending it into a corner because the chassis and the steering communicate nothing confidence-inducing back to the driver. Ride is rock hard too, and when the car is as undynamic as this one is, that just becomes annoying. They chew rear suspension bushes at an alarming rate, and unless the 2.2 has had the updated tensioners fitted, they'll become starved of lubrication and will eventually throw the cam-belt.
Despite moderate mileage, my drivers seat failed too - have heard of other owners who've had this.
Sorry to be unenthusiastic, but they're a bit rubbish, IMO.
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Re: VECTRA SRI 02 model any good ??
« Reply #3 on: 18 February 2011, 21:14:58 »
Thanks for the feedback guys,not too worried about speed as its swmbos car,but i have had a look in its history file and its got a camchain and that was replaced in 09,But to be honoust it was worth £800 i think :'(
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Re: VECTRA SRI 02 model any good ??
« Reply #4 on: 18 February 2011, 21:18:21 »
Yeh, 2.2 16v, good power plant actually but, its got a chain so MAKE SURE YOU CHANGE THE OIL AND FILTER REGULARLY.

The Vec B and C chassis handle 150 ok, not great with much more than that though
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Re: VECTRA SRI 02 model any good ??
« Reply #5 on: 18 February 2011, 21:20:38 »
I had a Veccy-C... Was pretty uninspiring TBH :(

It's the only wrong wheel drive car I've manage to get the back end out on consistently without using the handbrake ::) ::)

Also found the ride and seat rather uncomfortable, especially compared to the Omega ::)

Oh... And if driven hard they eat tyres :-X ::) ;)
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Re: VECTRA SRI 02 model any good ??
« Reply #6 on: 18 February 2011, 21:27:43 »
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I had a Veccy-C... Was pretty uninspiring TBH :(

It's the only wrong wheel drive car I've manage to get the back end out on consistently without using the handbrake ::) ::)

Also found the ride and seat rather uncomfortable, especially compared to the Omega ::)

Oh... And if driven hard they eat tyres :-X ::) ;)

The C was bound to be dull, it was designed by the same team that did the Passat!  ;D ;D
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Re: VECTRA SRI 02 model any good ??
« Reply #7 on: 18 February 2011, 21:37:03 »
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I had a Veccy-C... Was pretty uninspiring TBH :(

It's the only wrong wheel drive car I've manage to get the back end out on consistently without using the handbrake ::) ::)

Also found the ride and seat rather uncomfortable, especially compared to the Omega ::)

Oh... And if driven hard they eat tyres :-X ::) ;)

The C was bound to be dull, it was designed by the same team that did the Passat!  ;D ;D

Wouldn't say it was completely dull... Back end was amusing, for a WWD car :-X ::) :D
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Re: VECTRA SRI 02 model any good ??
« Reply #8 on: 18 February 2011, 21:38:09 »
Hugely adjsutable geo on those front and back.
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« Reply #9 on: 18 February 2011, 21:41:48 »
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Hugely adjsutable geo on those front and back.

Probably why I could do a set of tyres in 4k then :-X It was Vauxhall serviced it's entire life ::)

Did me well though... I had the DTi and did 50k in 20 months ;)
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« Reply #10 on: 18 February 2011, 21:42:49 »
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Hugely adjsutable geo on those front and back.

Probably why I could do a set of tyres in 4k then :-X It was Vauxhall serviced it's entire life ::)

Did me well though... I had the DTi and did 50k in 20 months ;)

Vec C's are pretty well screwed together and reliable lumps....just dull
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« Reply #11 on: 18 February 2011, 21:44:06 »
A 02 2.2 will not have the problem that the earlier 2.2's had where the ones where the oil jets blocked up due to the paper filter breaking down and snapping the cam chain.

They still need regular oil changes but it should go on ok.

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Re: VECTRA SRI 02 model any good ??
« Reply #12 on: 18 February 2011, 21:46:00 »
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A 02 2.2 will not have the problem that the earlier 2.2's had where the ones where the oil jets blocked up due to the paper filter breaking down and snapping the cam chain.

They still need regular oil changes but it should go on ok.


Small chain lubricator orrifices was the key issue.....all were recalled, not all got fixed....
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Re: VECTRA SRI 02 model any good ??
« Reply #13 on: 18 February 2011, 21:58:24 »
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A 02 2.2 will not have the problem that the earlier 2.2's had where the ones where the oil jets blocked up due to the paper filter breaking down and snapping the cam chain.

They still need regular oil changes but it should go on ok.


Small chain lubricator orrifices was the key issue.....all were recalled, not all got fixed....

Yep but I think that only the very early engines were recalled and by 2002 they had rectified the oil jets in the cars that were being sold. Still worth getting checked out tho
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Re: VECTRA SRI 02 model any good ??
« Reply #14 on: 18 February 2011, 22:19:27 »
The op says the cam chain has just been done, hopefuly they did the jet, tensioner and guides at the same time (most do because the kit is cheaper than the chain alone).
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